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Most of the Masseys in Dorchester County appear with the spelling Mace, but one witness makes the connection back to the spelling used elsewhere on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

1659/01/03

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Southbee	Nicholas Mace	Cedar Point	200	Old:1:26	Deed

January 3, 1659: Nicholas Mace, planter of Fishing Creek Hundred in Little Choptank River in Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, buys for 3,500 pounds of tobacco from William Southbee, planter of Milows River in Talbritt (Talbot) County, a parcel called Cedar Point, lying on the Eastern Shore on the South side of Little Choptank River on the East side of Fishing Creek in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked cedar and running North East and by North one hundred perches to a marked red oak and bounded on the East by a line drawn South East and by East from the said red oak for three hundred and twenty perches, on the South by a line drawn South West and by South from the end of the South East and by East line one hundred perches to a marked cedar by a cove, on the West by a line drawn North West and by West down the said creek for three hundred and twenty perches to the first marked cedar, on the North with the said river, containing two hundred acres. Cedar Point is now in the possession of Nicholas Mace and was purchased by William Southby (Southbee) from John Gary of the Cliffs in Calvert County. Witnesses: Thomas Wall and John Faucett; Steven Gary acted as William Southbee's attorney; Edward Sauvage is Dorchester County clerk.

1663/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1663: Cedar Point - 150 acres - 1663 - Thomas Baxter - Patent - PR 6, p.256

1664/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1664: Cedar Point - 200 acres - 1664 - John Gary Patent - PR 7, p.199

1664/07/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Peter Sharpe & wife Judeth Sharpe	Nicholas Mace & Edward Taylor	Fishing Creek	150	Old:1:74	Patent Assignment

On the back side of a patent for Peter Sharpe for one hundred and fifty acres of land called Fishing Creek [Point] bearing date July 28, 1664, was written this following assignment: I, Peter Sharpe, with the advice and consent of my wife, have bargained and sold unto Edward Taylor and Nicholas Mace all my right and title to this land to enjoy and possess forever. Witnesses: John Barber, Symon Cyncoe, and Charles Calvert. [Note: the following entry enables the plat to be drawn - GL,III, ed.]

1664/07/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1664: Fishing Creek Point - 150 acres 1664 Peter Sharp - Patent Record 7, p.176

1664/10/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace	William Hill	Fishing Creek	150	Old:1:79	Bond

October 20, 1664: Nicholas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, executes a bond for 1,000 pounds of tobacco to William Mace to secure his full and lawful conveyance of the tract called Fishing Creek [Point] to William Hill. Witnesses: Henry Trippe and Edward Sauvage.

1664/10/20

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace	William Hill	Fishing Creek	150	Old:1:75	Deed

October 20, 1664: Nicholas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for 4,000 pounds of tobacco to William Hill, also planter of Dorchester County, a 150 acre parcel called Fishing Creek [Point] that was granted unto Peter Sharpe, planter, by the name of Color Sharpe, lying on the Eastern Shore and on the South side of Little Choptank River and on the West side of a creek called Fishing Creek within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked cedar and bounded on the North by a line drawn East and by North from the said cedar for fifty perches to a marked white oak, on the East by a line drawn South East and by South from the said oak for four hundred and eighty perches to a marked pins upon a point, on the South by a line drawn West and by North from the said pine fifty perches to a marked white oak, on the West by a line drawn North West and by North from the end of the West and by North line four hundred and eighty perches to the fist marked cedar, containing one hundred and fifty acres. Witnesses: Henry Trippe and Edward Sauvage.

1667/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Certificate

1667: Cedar Point - 100 acres - 1667 - William Merchant & James Mossley

1670/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1670: The Head Range - 150 acres - 1670 - John Gary - Patent - PR 14, p.179

1670/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1670: Cedar Point - 100 acres - 1670 - Stephen Carey - Patent - PR 14, p.128

1671/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1671: Cornwall - 100 acres - 1671 - Stephen Garey - Patent - PR 15, p.225

1675/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1675: Cedar Point - 50 acres - 1675 - Edward Taylor - Patent, PR 19, p.70

1680/03/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace	Howard Taylor	Fishing Creek	[not stated]	Old:4:200	Deed

March 1, 1680: Nicholas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sells for [an undisclosed amount] to Howard Taylor, also planter of Dorchester County, the land [Fishing Creek Point] formerly bought from Peter Sharpe, lying in Fishing Creek within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked cedar and running East and by North fifty perches to a marked oak, thence South East and by South to a small red oak by Fishing Creek, then West and by South the parallel line to the best [first ? - GL,III, ed.] line with a row of trees marked on the divisional line. Witnesses: Benjamin Hunt and William Smithson, who is Dorchester County clerk.

1681/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1681: Diss (Dess) - 17 acres - 1681 - Henry Aldred Patent, PR CB No.2, p.349

1682/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1682: The Head Range - 100 acres - 1682 - Peter Stokes - Patent, PR CB No.3 p.117

1684/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1684: White Haven - 50 Acres - 1684 - Anthony Thompson - Patent PR IB & IL No.C, p.152

1684/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1684: White Haven - 50 Acres - 1684 - Anthony Thompson - Patent PR IB & IL No.C, p.152

1686/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1696: Maces Chance - 28 acres Josias Mace - Patent Record BB 3, p.263

1692/09/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Harwood	Nicholas Mace	Head Range	150	Old:5:7	Deed

September 5, 1692: Nicholas Mace, planter of Fishing Creek in Little Choptank River in Dorchester County Maryland, buys from John Harwood, carpenter, also of Dorchester County, for 4,500 pounds of tobacco that John Gary (Garie) of Calvert County paid in his lifetime, all that parcel called Head Range lying in Dorchester County on Little Choptank River at the head of Gatters Creek and contained within the following metes and Bounds: Beginning at a marked oak at the head of the Western branch of Gatters Creek and running South South East for a breadth of seventy five perches to a marked oak and from the said oak East North East three hundred and twenty perches to a marked hickory, and from the said hickory by a line drawn North North West seventy five perches to an oak and from thence to the [first] bounded tree, containing one hundred and fifty acres. Witnesses: Alexander A. Fisher and Benjamin Hunt and Justices of the Peace Henry Trippe and Jacob Lockerman.

1695/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1695: Green Bank - 25 acres - 1695- Anthony Thompson - Patent - PR BB No.3, p.474

1695/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1695: The Outlett - 110 acres - 1695 - Nicholas Mase & Josias Mase Patent - PR C No.3, p.581

1696/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1696: Mace's Chance - 28 acres - 1696 - Josias Mace - Patent - PR BB No.3, p.263

1703/12/04

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Stephen Warner	Nicholas Mace	Cornwell	[not stated]	Old:6:25	Deed

December 4, 1703: Nicholas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, buys for 2,500 pounds of good merchantable leaf tobacco from Stephen Warner, also planter of Dorchester County, all that parcel called Cornwell lying on the East side of Chesapeake Bay in Dorchester County and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the head of Fishing Creek that runs into Little Choptank River at a marked red oak standing near the head of Fishing Creek and running thence South South East one hundred perches to another bounded white oak, and bounded on the South with a line drawn East North East one hundred and sixty perches, bounded on the East with a line drawn North North West one hundred perches, bounded on the North with a line drawn West South West one hundred and sixty perches until it intercepts parallels with the first bounded tree. Witnesses: Will. Douse and Nicholas Phillips; Hugh Eccleston is Dorchester County clerk.

1705/05/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Johnson and wife Elizabeth Johnson	Josias Macey	Brownes Rest; and Angels Hole	100; & 150	Old:6:64	Deed

May 7, 1705: Josias Macey (Massey) of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland buys for 3,000 pounds of tobacco from Thomas Johnson and his wife Elizabeth of Centt (Kent) County one half share or moiety of the tract called Brownes Rest that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for breadth at a marked pine and running thence East and by South fifty perches to a marked oak standing by a swamp side, thence North and by East three hundred and twenty perches, bounding on the North by a line drawn West and by North till it meets with Tar Bay, binding on the West with Tar Bay, containing one hundred acres. Also one half share or moiety of a tract called Angels Hole, contained within the following courses: Beginning at a marked pine tree standing by a marsh side and running for breadth North East and by East fifty perches to a marked white oak by a marsh side, bounded on the North East with a line drawn North West and by North four hundred and eighty perches, bounded on the North West with a line drawn South West and by West till it intersects with Tar Bay, and by the said Tar Bay to the first pine tree, containing one hundred and fifty acres. John Robson is attorney for Thomas Johnson and his wife Elizabeth. Witnesses: John Phillips and John Meekins; Hugh Eccleston is Dorchester County clerk.

1712/08/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Josiah Macy and wife Angell Macy	Joseph Gontoy, Senior	Catchellers Hope	150	Old:6:191	Deed

August 11, 1712: Josiah Macy (Massey) and wife Angell of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sell for 1,500 pounds of good merchantable leaf tobacco to Joseph Gontoy, Senior, planter, also of Dorchester County, all that tract called Catcheller's Hope formerly belonging to Honey Holt, deceased, lying on the North side of the marsh of Raccoon Creek that issues out of Blackwater River in the woods in Dorchester County and is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked pine left standing in the murtol (myrtle) swamp near the aforesaid marsh, and from thence running North East and by East twenty five perches to another marked pine standing in another myrtle swamp, thence running North West and by North six hundred and forty perches, thence running South West and by [West or East ?] fifty perches, thence running by a straight line to the first marked pine, containing one hundred and fifty acres. Witnesses: Lewis Griffin and John Wingate; Jacob Lockerman is Dorchester County clerk.

1714/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1714: Priviledge - 200 acres Henry Fisher - Patent Record CE 1, p.10

1720/06/12

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace and wife Ann Mace	James Fookes	Cedar Point	200	Old:2:131	Deed

June 12, 1720: Nicholas Mace, planter, and his wife Ann of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sell for £70 to James Fookes, shipwright, also of Dorchester County, the 200 acre tract called Cedar Point, lying on the Eastern Shore on the South side of Little Choptank River and on the East side of Fishing Creek and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked cedar where now is set up a post of cedar and running for breadth North East and by North one hundred perches to a marked red oak, and bounded on the East by a line drawn South East and by East from the said red oak three hundred and twenty perches, on the South by a line drawn South West and by South from the end of the South East and by East line one hundred perches to a marked cedar by a cove, on the West by a line drawn North West by West down Fishing Creek three hundred and twenty perches to the first marked cedar, on the North with the said river, containing two hundred acres, excepting a twenty foot square of ground for a burying place. Witnesses: Roger Woolford and Joshua Kennerly.

1720/08/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Josias Mace & wife Angell Mace	William W. Wrotton and wife Hannah Wrotton	Cedar Point	200	Old:2:82	Power of Attorney

August 14, 1720: Josias Mace & wife Angell, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, grants power of attorney to William W. Wrotton (Wroughton) and wife Hannah, also planter of Dorchester County, to execute the sale of Cedar Point to Nicholas Mace, Senior, also of Dorchester County. Witnesses: John Kobson and Roger Woolford; Justin Good Lockerman is Dorchester County clerk.

1720/08/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Josias Mace & wife Angell, and William W. Wrotton & wife Hannah Wrotton	Nicholas Mace, Senior	Cedar Point	200	Old:2:81	Deed

August 14, 1720: Josias Mace & wife Angell, and William Wrotton (Wroughton) and his wife Hannah Wrotton, all planters of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sell for £20 and 3,000 pounds of good sound merchantable leaf tobacco to Nicholas Mace, Senior, also planter of Dorchester County, all the tract known as Cedar Point, lying on the East side of Chesapeake Bay on the South side of Little Choptank River and on the East side of Fishing Creek and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked cedar and running for breadth North East and by North one hundred perches to a marked red oak, bounded on the East by a line drawn South East and by East from the said red oak three hundred and twenty perches, on the South by a line drawn South West and by South from the end of the South East and by East line one hundred perches to a marked cedar by a cove, on the West by a line drawn North West and by West down Fishing Creek for three hundred and twenty perches to the first marked cedar, on the north with the said line, containing  two hundred acres. Witnesses: John Kobson and Roger Woolford; Justin Good Lockerman is Dorchester County clerk.

1721/08/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Joseph Woodward & wife Mary Woodward	Nicholas Mace, Junior	Dess	17	Old:8:28	Deed

August 7, 1721: Nicholas Mace, Junior, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, buys for £4 from Joseph Woodward and his wife Mary, also planter of Dorchester County, all that tract called Dess, lying on the East side of Chesapeake Bay at the head of Short Beaver Dam Branch that comes out of Southys Beaver Dam Branch that issues out of Blackwater River in Dorchester County and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked oak standing in the woods near the head of said branch, and from thence running Est South East twenty eight perches to another marked oak, thence running South South West one hundred perches, thence running West North West twenty eight perches, thence running with a straight line to the first specified marked oak, containing seventeen acres, and recorded by certificate dated November 11, 1720 in the Land Office at St. Maries. Witnesses: John Brannock, Junior, Edmond Mace, and Leonard Milburne; Jacob Lockerman is Dorchester County clerk.

1723/07/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace and wife Ann Mace	Thomas Mace	Head Range, Comsock, & Outlet	[not stated]	Old:8:55a	Deed

July 15, 1723: Nicholas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, grants to his son Thomas Mace, born of my wife Ann Massey, after my decease and my wife Ann Mace's decease, all that part of two tracts of land called Head Range and Comsock being that part towards my dwelling house and where my dwelling house now stands: Beginning at a white oak marked with six notches being the division tree of the aforesaid lands, thence running from the white oak South South East one hundred perches into the woods, the aforesaid division tree standing on the East side of a cove that runs up between Nicholas Mace's and the branches standing near the head of the cove and that part of land on the North East side of the division line, that part which I give to my son Thomas Mace; also the one moiety of another tract called Outlet also to have liberty to occupy or build upon the one half part of the above said lands, such half part as the aforesaid Nicholas Mace shall in reasonable equity think fit during the natural life of the aforesaid Nicholas Mace. Witnesses: Benjamin Labronsse, Rebecca Mills and Roger Wollford.

1726/09/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

September 27, 1726: Mace's Purchase - 174 acres  - Josias Mace - Patent - PR PL No.6, p.337

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1727/08/22

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Angela Mace	Mary Mace and Susanna Mace	Browns Rest & Angels Hole	100 & 150	Old:8:162a	Deed of Gift

August 22, 1727: Angela (Angell) Mace, new widow of Josias Mace of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland and daughter of Thomas Brown, late of Dorchester County, also deceased, gives outright to her daughters Mary Mace and Susanna Mace one half share or moiety of that 100 acre tract lying at the head of Tar Bay called Browns Rest as well as another one half share or moiety in the tract lying adjacent called Angels Hole, containing 150 acres.  The gift carries with it the stipulation that the daughters are only to have use of the land to dwell upon until they marry and that any construction thereon to be sufficient only for a dwelling house and small garden. Witnesses: Roger Wollford (Dorchester County clerk) and Josias Mace (obviously signed before his death - GL,III,ed.)

1730/04/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace	John Mace, Elizabeth Mace, Ann Mace Sharshane, and Thomas Mace	Slaves Tanfill and Janny	[none]	Old:8:410	Deed of Gift

April 7, 1730: Nicholas Mace of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland gives to his son John Mace and daughter Elizabeth Mace one slave called Tanfill; should Elizabeth Mace marry, John Mace and his heirs of his body lawfully begotten to get her share of the slave Tanfill; likewise, one slave called Janny shall go to my daughter Ann Mace Sharshane and to the heirs of her body lawfully begotten; only the first child of the aforesaid woman slave shall go to my son Thomas Mace and the second to my daughter Ann Mace Sharshane; and all the aforesaid slaves shall remain and be for the use of my loving wife during her life and that she may have the work and occupation of them also during her life and then to go as above mentioned. Witnesses: Richard Cormack, Thomas Brannock, Junior, and Tobias Pollard.

1732/12/06

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

December 6, 1732: Mace's Back Range - 100 acres - Thomas Mace - Patent - PR PL No.8, p.701

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1733/08/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Ann Mace	Thomas Parker	Tobacco crop	[none]	Old:9:117	Deed

August 28, 1733: Ann Mace, widow of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for 2,000 pounds of tobacco to Thomas Parker, merchant of Dorchester County, all her tobacco crop as well as tobacco stored on her land. Witnesses: Thomas Novell and Ephraim [illegible].

1737/11/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

November 11, 1737: Hobs Kindness Edward Marders, 100 Acres - Patented Certificates 1471

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1741/01/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Edward Mardon	Thomas Mace	Hobs Kindness	100	Old:10:221	Power of Attorney & Deed

January 27, 1741: Edward Mardon, planter, initially of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland and now of North Carolina, grants power of attorney to his friend Thomas Mace, also planter, of Dorchester County for the purpose of conveyance of his lands called Hobs Kindness for £25 to John Smith of Dorchester County, the metes and bounds of which are: Located at the East side of Chesapeake Bay and beginning at a marked red oak, the starting close by the mouth of a small branch that issues out of the North side of the North East branch of Coattses Creek and about four perches of the upper boundary of a tract called Jamses Park, then running North West one hundred and twenty seven perches, then North one hundred and forty two perches, then South fifty eight degrees East eighty perches, then South East one hundred and seventy perches, then by a straight line drawn to the said marked red oak, [containing] one hundred acres [All of the original patented tract - GL,III, ed.]. Witnesses: Thomas Nonott and William Murray.

1743/06/18

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Josias Mace	Joseph Shinton & Lewis Griffith	Wards Chance & Maces Purchase	28 & 118	Old:11:124	Deed

June 18, 1743: Josias Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £100 to Joseph Shinton & Lewis Griffith, planters, also of Dorchester County, all that tract called Ward's Chance that lies in Dorchester County on a Beaver Dam Branch called Southoy's Dam or Hodson's Branch that issues from Blackwater River and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a bounded poplar standing a little below the going over of the said dam, then running South by East twenty six perches, then West by South fifty perches, then South East and by South eight perches, then South and by West forty perches, then North West and by North eight perches, West and by South two degrees West fifty perches, then West North West twelve perches, then North and by West twenty six perches to the said Beaver Dam Branch, then by a straight line to the first tree, containing twenty eight acres. Also all that tract called Mace's Purchase that is located on the East side of the aforesaid dam or branch called Southoy's Dam alias Hodson's Branch, binding with the East side of the said branch and to be laid out according to the patent of the said land, containing one hundred and eighteen acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace J. Eccleston and Benjamin Keene.

1744/12/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

December 24, 1744: North Range George North, 100 Acres - Patented Certificates 2235

1746/11/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1746: Tootell's Venture - 370 acres  - John Tootell - Patent - PR PT No.2, p. 242

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1747/04/02

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

April 2, 1747: Forest Range William Byns, 140 Acres - Patented Certificates 1127

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1747/04/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1747: Ennalls Forrest of Friendship - 510 acres - Henry Ennalls - Patent - PR BT & BY No.3, p.382

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1747/10/17

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

October 17, 1747: Ennalls Addition, Bartholomew Ennalls, 100 Acres

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1748/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1748: Honorable Division, The - 487 acres Peter Stokes - Patent Record TI 4, p.46

1748/09/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

September 29, 1748: Blackford - Dr. William Murray, 642 Acres - Patented Certificates 502.

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1752/06/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Mace	Mason Shehawn	Goods and chattels	[none]	Old:14:621	Bill of Sale to Secure a Debt

June 15, 1752: John Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, for 1,809 pounds of tobacco and £34 8/-to him paid by Mason Shehawn became security to Doctor William Murray, and for which sum as security to indemnify the said Mason Shehawn, I, John Mace, do sell, make over and deliver unto Mason Shehawn the following articles: One cow and calf, one cow, two steers three years old, one steer two years old, one bull, one heifer two years old marked with a cross, [illegible animal] ... slit in left ear, two horses, one called Fox, the other Friendship, Fox branded with I, Friendship with a pot hook, two blacknut [illegible] tables, seven pewter dishes, fourteen pewter plates, four pewter basins, three feather beds & furniture, three iron pots and two chests iron bound, four ewes and lambs, one ram, all the goods and several living creatures, etc. All these goods and animals to remain as security with Jon Mace unless Mason Shehawn pays the associated debt within one year from this date, in which case the sale becomes null and void. Witness: Justice of the Peace William Murray.

1752/09/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

September 15, 1752: Cornwell, Thomas Mace, 300 Acres.

1753/08/10

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

August 10, 1753: Addition to Chance Samuel Fountain, 60 Acres - Patented Certificate 95

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1754/02/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Mace and wife Mary Mace	Jean Fishwick	Cornwell & Head Range	74	Old:15:32	Deed

February 7, 1754: John Mace and his wife Mary of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sell for £53 5/- to Jean Fishwick, daughter of the late William Fishwick, who made the payment before his death, the two tracts called Cornwell and Head Range lying at the head of Fishing Creek in Dorchester County and which are included within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked pine tree being the first bounded tree of Cornwell and running thence South South East one hundred and ten perches, then East North East ninety four perches, then North North West ninety nine perches to a marked white oak, being a division tree between the aforesaid John Mace and Thomas Mace, thence running North twenty eight degrees East thirty perches, then South fifty seven degrees West fifty four perches, then North sixty degrees West forty four perches, then West South West eight perches to the beginning tree of Head Range, then South twenty two degrees West forty perches to the first beginning, containing seventy four acres. [Afterwards comes some legal language involved in this transaction, perhaps due to the early demise of William Fishwick - GL,III, ed.] Witnesses: Justices of the Peace William Murray and J. Ermalls; Charles Dickenson is Dorchester County clerk.

1755/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1755: Priviledge - 25 acres - 1755 - John Hurley, Paten Record PR BC & GS No.4, p.54

1756/12/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Josiah Mace, Junior	Josiah Mace, Senior	[none mentioned]	[not stated]	Old:16:50	Land Valuation

December 1, 1756: Josiah Mace, Junior, orphaned son of the late Josiah Mace, Senior, requests that the land he inherited be evaluated and a guardian selected for him. Thomas Jones and Roger Jones were selected to perform the valuation, and Josiah Mace selected Henry Wales, tailor, to be his guardian. The premises in question were accordingly visited and an inventory made: A rotten fence, one log house, rotten, covering another old house 15 by 10 [feet] not worth repairing, twenty five apple trees; we therefore think and order that Henry Wales pay the orphaned Josiah Mace three hundred and fifty pounds of tobacco yearly and every year, beginning from December 1, 1757, and likewise deliver him, the said orphan, the aforesaid land and all rents and arrears of rents due his part of the said land and to leave them in the same repair as the houses, excepted as it is at this time and to liberty to clear three acres of land with liberty to cut rail timber for the use of the plantation, and to be left on the plantation [until] the orphan arrive at the age of twenty one. [signed] Thomas Jones .... Roger Jones. Memorandum: Thomas Jones and Roger Jones were duly qualified by John Jones on December 1, 1756 under law to perform the valuation.

1763/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1763: Tinian - 30 acres - 1763 - Nicholas Mace - Patent Record PR BC & GS No.24, p.88

The patent is here: BC &GS 22, p.455

1764/05/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1764: Mace's Back Range - 427 acres - 1764 - Thomas Mace - Patent - PR BC & GS No.24, p.255

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1764/06/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1764: White Haven - 177 acres - 1764 - Absalom Thompson - Patent - PR BC & GS No.28, p.381

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1764/09/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

September 29, 1764: Addition to Chance William Barwick, 216 Acres - Patented Certificate 96

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1765/06/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Josias Mace & wife Anna Mace	Jonathan Wood	Maces Purchase & Outlet	54 & 55	Old:20:83	Deed

June 11, 1765: Josias Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £111 to Jonathan Wood, shipwright, also of Dorchester County, 54 acres of the tract called Mace's Purchase that lies on the West side of Hodson's Branch and 55 acres of the tract called Outlet that was formerly taken up between Josias Mace, the grandfather of the present Josias Mace, and Nicholas Mace, the brother of Josias Mace, the grandfather as by the Last Will and Testament of Josias Mace the grandfather. Acting for the Crown: as witnesses: Justices of the Peace Dan Sullivan and Thomas White; Charles Dickinson is Dorchester County clerk.

1766/06/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Leven Woolford & wife Mary Woolford	Josias Mace	Grace	60	Old:21:7	Deed

June 13, 1766: Josias Mace of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland buys for £60 from Leven Woolford and his wife Mary, also of Dorchester County, the tract called Grace, lying in Dorchester County and which is included within the following metes and bounds: Beginning from a marked pine, a bounded tree of the aforesaid land standing at the head of [three illegible words] North West and by West eighty two perches, then North East and by East half a point Easterly ten perches, then North forty two degrees West forty five perches, and from thence begin the lands bargained and sold and running the following courses: North seventy four degrees East one hundred and fifty eight perches, then North thirty three degrees West seventy one perches, then South seventy four degrees West eighty four perches, then East and by South thirty five perches, then South six degrees West seventy six perches, then South seventy four degrees East twelve perches, then with a straight line to the beginning, containing sixty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Daniel Sullivan; Charles Dickinson is Dorchester County clerk.

1766/09/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Mace, Senior	Edmond Mace	Dess, Maces Back Range, & Cornwell	17; 284; & 76	Old:21:121	Deed

September 9, 1766: Thomas Mace, [Senior] planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £10 to Edmond Mace, son of the aforesaid Thomas Mace, all the 17 acre tract of land called Dess, lying on the East side of Chesapeake Bay in Dorchester County at the head of a short Beaver Dam Branch that comes out of Southey's Beaver Dam Branch that issues out of Blackwater River within the following metes and Bounds: Beginning at a marked oak standing in the woods near the head of the said branch and running according to the original metes and bounds as mentioned in the patent of Dess, containing seventeen acres; also a part of another tract called Mace's Back Range containing two hundred and eighty four acres; and a part of the tract called Cornwell containing seventy six acres; the said [last] two parts of the aforesaid two tracts of land lying to the Eastward and Southward of a line beginning at a marked gum standing in Hodson's Branch, then running up that branch North eight degrees East fifty three perches, then North forty degrees East forty perches to another marked gum, then North ten degrees West one hundred and seventy perches to a marked red oak, then East South East fifty four perches, which said two parts of [the last] two tracts are contiguous to and adjoining each other, containing three hundred and sixty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Dan. Sullivan and John Campbell; Charles Dickinson is Dorchester County clerk.

1766/09/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Mace, Senior	John Mace	Maces Back Range,  Cornwell & Outlet	66; 25 & 21	Old:21:120	Deed

September 9, 1766: Thomas Mace, [Senior] planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £10 to John Mace, son of the aforesaid Thomas Mace, a 66 acre portion of the tract called Mace's back Range, 25 acres of the tract called Cornwell, and 21 acres of the tract called Outlet, all lying contiguous to and adjoining each other in Dorchester County, and to the West of a line drawn North from a marked maple standing by the [side] of a branch called Hodson's Branch, being a division line between Thomasd Mace, son of the said Thomas Mace, and John Mace, to a marked gum one hundred and ninety perches, then South seventy five degrees West one hundred and twelve perches to a marked white oak standing on the West side of the aforesaid tract called Outlet, being a division line between Nicholas Mace and the said John Mace.

1766/09/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Mace, Senior	Thomas Mace, Junior	Maces Back Range & Cornwell	77 & 61	Old:21:117	Deed

September 9, 1766: Thomas Mace, [Senior] planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £10 to Thomas Mace [Junior] son of the aforesaid Thomas Mace, all that 77 acre parcel called Mace's Back Range, and a 61 acre part of the parcel called Cornwell, both lying in Dorchester County, adjoining and contiguous to each other, within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked gum standing in Hodson's Branch, then running up the said branch North eight degrees East fifty three perches, then North forty degrees East forty perches to another marked gum, then North ten degrees West one hundred and seventy perches, then West South West ninety four perches to [yet another] marked gum standing at the end of a division line between John Mace and the said Thomas Mace, the younger, and from thence South one hundred and ninety perches to a marked maple standing on the side of the said branch, containing by implication one hundred and thirty eight acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Dan. Sullivan and John Campbell; Charles Dickinson is Dorchester County clerk.

1772/10/02

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Mace, Sen.	John Mace	Cornwell & Outlett	2.0	Old:26:21	Deed

October 2, 1772: Thomas Mace, Senior, of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £2 to John Mace, also of Dorchester County, parts of the tracts called Cornwell and Outlett, which are contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked gum being the division tree between Thomas Mace, Junior, and the said John Mace and running from thence with a straight line to a cedar post standing in the head of a gut [?] which is the head of the Church Creek and which Gut is to the Westward of the dwelling house of Thomas Mace, Senior, and from the said post two perches wide back o the beginning gum tree, containing two acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Goldsborough and James Tootell; Henry Dickinson is Dorchester County clerk.

1774/08/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace	[same]	Cornwell	[not stated]	Old:27:304	Commission

August 11, 1774: Nicholas Mace asks for and is granted a commission to reestablish the boundaries of his tract called Cornwell; the commission is composed of the substantial and capable landowners: Thomas Jones, Stevens Woolford, John Anderson, and Arthur Whitely. D.Sprigg is Dorchester County clerk. Thomas Jones and Stevens Woolford took over this task and obtained the following depositions: (1) Absalom Thompson, age about sixty one, described the stump of a tree that he had heard from James Busick that is was Mace's boundary, but that the stump was marked instead of the first boundary which stood near by; (2) James Busick, age about fifty two, stated that the aforesaid stump was the boundary of Cornwell as he had heard directly from Nicholas Mace and Thomas Mace; and also that he heard John Mace also describe the stump as the boundary of Cornwell; (3) Colman Mace, age about forty three, said that he heard his father and many others say that the stump in question was marked for the first boundary of Cornwell; and (4) Absalom Thompson - again - now at another stump - said that John Mace took him to this place and told him that this white oak was the original boundary.  Accordingly, the commissioners put down new cedar posts at the positions of the two original boundary trees.

1779/03/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Edmond Mace	Thomas Colsten	Maces Back Range	75 & 5	JCH:1:174	Deed

March 15, 1779: Edmund (Edmond) Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £60 to Thomas Colsten, carpenter, also of Dorchester County, (1) a 75 acre part of the tract called Mace's Back Range, lying in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak standing at the end of one hundred and seventeen perches on the North sixty degrees West line, it being the forty second course of the aforesaid tract, and from thence running North seventeen degrees East one hundred and forty one perches, then South thirty four degrees East one hundred and fifty perches, then South South West seventy two perches, then to the aforesaid first beginning, containing seventy five acres. (2) Another part of the same tract which is contained within the following courses: Beginning at a marked poplar, it being the original boundary or beginning of a tract of land called Blackford, and from thence running South fifty eight degrees West thirty five perches, then North twenty degrees East eighteen perches, then North fifty seven degrees West ten perches, then North eight degrees East twenty six perches, then East twelve perches, then with a straight line to the beginning, containing five acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Henry Lake.

1780/03/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Callendar	John Mace	Tootells Venture	18	JCH:1:314	Deed

March 7, 1780: John Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, buys for eighteen pounds in gold from Thomas Callendar, also of Dorchester County, all that 18 acre part of a tract called Tootell's Venture, lying upon a branch of Blackwater River called Hodsons Branch in Dorchester County, lying between a tract called Mace's Purchase and another tract called Mace's Back Range, beginning at a marked post standing near the land called Mace's Purchase and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the said post and running thence South and by West eighty eight perches with the land called Mace's Purchase, then North east one hundred and forty four perches to the land called Mace's Back Range, then North seventy degrees West thirty two perches, then South South West to the said marked post, containing eighteen acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Henry Lake.

1780/03/17

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nehemiah Vickars and wife Nancy Vickars	John Mace	Head Range	9	JCH:1:311	Deed

March 17, 1780: John Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland buys for three pounds in gold from Nehemiah Vickars and his wife Nancy, planter, also of Dorchester County, a 9 acre portion of that part of a tract called Head Range that lies in Dorchester County on the West side of a cove that runs up between Nicholas Mace's and James Besick's commonly called the Indian Gut, and which is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked post put down in the room of the first boundary of the aforesaid tract and thence running East North East twenty perches, then South sixty degrees East twenty five perches, then North fifty seven degrees East fifty four perches, then South twenty eight degrees West eleven perches, then North forty seven degrees East eighteen perches, then North twenty degrees East ten perches, then North forty four degrees East nine perches, and from thence with a straight line to the beginning, containing nine acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Henry Lake and Thomas Jones.  Thence follows this statement: We hereby certify that the within named John Mace acted for and on our parts and behalf in carrying on the lawsuit against a certain James Busick whereby we recovered a judgment for the within bargained and sold land and premises out of Dorchester County Court by virtue of a a lease of ejectment brought against the said James Busick on May 10, 1774, he the said John Mace paying the sixpence of the said suit for us. In witness whereof we have set our hands the day and year aforesaid.

Nehemiah Vickers

1783/07/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace	George Robinson	Dwelling Plantation	[not stated]	NH:2-4:169	Deed of Lease

July 5, 1783: Nicholas Mace, Senior, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, leases for 40/- per year to George Robinson, schoolmaster of Dorchester County, part of the Dwelling Plantation lying in Dorchester County at the head of Fishing Creek and enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the Westward end of an orchard lying on the North side of the road leading through the said plantation, and thence running and binding with the said road and creek as far as the said Nicholas Mace's Land extends or to the division line between him and the plantation where John Ross now lives, together with the right to cut firewood or lumber for building or fencing improvements and to graze three horses, four cattle, ten sheep in any of the pastures belonging to the said Nicholas Mace and to range hogs in the woods, for a term of twelve years. George Robinson is to be allowed a reasonable sum to be determined by indifferent men, less a deductible of £10 pounds, for improvements made over the course of his twelve year term. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Thomas F. Eccleston.

1783/11/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

November 15, 1783: Colstons First Purchase, Thomas Colston, Jr., 130 Acres.

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1784/03/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

March 24, 1784: Middle Ground, Thomas Colsten, 112 Acres.

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1784/05/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

May 25, 1784: Colsten Lane Thomas Colston, Jr., 200 Acres - Patented Certificates 779

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1784/05/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Colston	Edmond Mace	Colstens First Purchase	3.0	NH:2-4:367	Deed

May 25, 1784: Edmond Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, buys for £3 from Thomas Colsten (Colston), carpenter, also of Dorchester County, 3.0 acres of that tract called Colsten's First Purchase that is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked red oak standing at the end of one hundred and seventeen perches on the North sixty degrees West line, it being the fortieth second course of Mace's Back Range, and from thence running North sixty degrees West forty eight perches, then South seventeen degrees West nine perches, then South sixty degrees East forty eight perches, then to the aforesaid first beginning, containing three acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Thomas Jones.

1784/05/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Thompson	Thomas Colston	Old White Haven and Addition to White Haven	18	NH:2-4:323	Deed

May 25, 1784: Thomas Thompson and his wife Priscilla of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sell for £15 to Thomas Colsten (Colston), carpenter, also of Dorchester County, parts of the tract called Old White Haven as well as the tract called Addition to White Haven, lying in Dorchester County on the North side of Fishing Creek and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning from the out lines of said parts of the aforesaid tracts at a marked cedar post which is standing on the home line of a tract called Head Range and at the water side, and from thence running North four degrees West eighteen perches, then East North East twenty four perches, then South East five perches, then East North East one hundred and three perches, then North seven degrees East eighty eight perches, then South eighty degrees East nine perches to a tract called Tinian, then South seven degrees West seventy three perches, then South thirty seven degrees East seventeen perches, then South South East seventy six perches, then West South West six perches, then North North West seventy one perches, then to the aforesaid first specified beginning, containing eighteen acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Thomas Jones.

1784/05/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Edmond Mace, Junior, and wife Mary Mace	Thomas Colston	Maces Back Range (two parcels)	1.0 & 4.0	NH:2-4:320	Deed

May 25, 1784: Edmond (Edmund) Mace, Junior, and his wife Mary of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sell for £3 to Thomas Colsten (Colston), carpenter, also of Dorchester County: (1) A 1.0 acre portion of the parcel called Mace's Back Range, lying in Dorchester County, and which is included within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked post standing at the end of the third course of Mace's Back Range (it being the North eighty four degrees West line) and running thence South ten degrees East eighteen perches, then South thirty degrees East thirty four perches, then South fifty eight degrees West thirty five perches, then North twenty degrees East eighteen perches, then North fifty seven degrees West ten perches, then North eight degrees East forty four perches, then to the aforesaid place of beginning, containing one acre; (2) Another portion, 4.0 acres, of Mace's Back Range which is included within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked post standing at the end of the second course of the tract called Dess, and from thence running North eighty two degrees East thirty two perches, then South South West fifty six perches, then West North West thirty two perches, then to the aforesaid beginning, containing four acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Thomas Jones.

1784/09/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Kallendar	George Williams	Dwelling Plantation	[not stated]	NH:2-4:479	Deed of Lease

September 11, 1784: Thomas Kallendar, shipwright of Dorchester County and State of Maryland, leases for £8 10/- yearly rent to George Williams, also of Dorchester County, a parcel whose lease George Robinson assigned to Thomas Kallendar and which lease was given to George Robinson by Nicholas Massey, said lease bearing the date of April 8, 1783, and running thence for a term of twelve years.  The parcel under lease is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning next to the orchard of the aforesaid Nicholas Mace and as far towards the head of the cove as the bottom of the valley between Sawyard Point and the hill where the cedar stands between the said point and the orchard of the said Nicholas Mace, that is to say, the whole part of the lot therein contained, together with the right to cut firewood or lumber for building or fencing improvements and to graze three horses, four cattle, ten sheep in any of the pastures belonging to the said Nicholas Mace, for the term of twelve years. The rent is to be paid in gold or silver or in Spanish milled dollars, estimating them at 5/- 6p each, or in Half Joes (Johannes) at £3 each. [There is additional language requiring sufficient notice and security if the parcel is leased to someone else - GL,III, ed.] Witnesses: Bartholomew Warren and William Meddiss (Medes).  There follows the deposition of Edmund Brannock of Dorchester County, age about seventy two, regarding the forefathers of Nicholas Mace, Senior: This Nicholas Mace, Senior, was son to Thomas Mace, deceased, who was son to Nicholas Mace, deceased, who claimed land near Town Point in Dorchester County, and that in those times they were called by the name Massey; and further the deponent saith not on September 19,1784. Witness: Thomas Jones.

1784/09/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace, Senior	James Mace and Louden (Lowden) Mace	[not stated]	[not stated]	NH:2-4:484	Deed

September 27, 1784: Nicholas Mace, Senior, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, sells for 5/- to James Mace, son of the aforesaid Nicholas Mace and for 5/- Louden (Lowden) Mace, the son of the aforesaid James Mace and grandson of the aforesaid Nicholas Mace, for the natural life of James Mace, and after his demise, to Loudon Mace forever, all those lands to the Northward, Eastward, Southward and Westward of the several lines and courses mentioned in the deed from Nicholas Mace, Senior, to his son, Nicholas Mace, Junior, dated the same day as these presents [i.e. Liber NH No.2-4, Folio 481 - GL,III, ed.] Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Thomas F. Eccleston.

1784/09/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace, Senior	Nicholas Mace, Junior	Cornwell, Head Range, and Outlett	66.5	NH:2-4:481	Deed

September 27, 1784: Nicholas Mace, Senior, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, sells for £10 to his son. Nicholas, Mace, Junior, also of Dorchester County, 66-1/2 acres in two tracts lying in Dorchester County known as Cornwell and Head Range as well as another tract called Outlett, which said parts of the aforesaid tracts are contiguous and adjacent to each other, and are contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked white oak standing on the South side of a gut called Indian Gut, it being a division formerly between Thomas Mace and John Mace, deceased, then running South South East one hundred and eight perches to the east North East line of Cornwell, then with the said line East North East twenty four perches, then South South West sixty two perches, then North seventy five degrees East fifty seven perches, then North North East forty perches, then North twenty two degrees West one hundred and thirty one perches, then North seventy degrees East twenty perches with the main road to the creek, then binding with the said creek North thirty degrees West forty perches, then binding with the creek and Indian Gut to the first beginning, containing sixty six and a half acres.Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Thomas F. Eccleston.

1784/10/19

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

October 19, 1784: Addition To Green Bank, Thomas Colsten, 62 1/2 Acres, 24 Perches.

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1785/02/25

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

February 25, 1785: Privilege, Thomas Colsten, 14 Acres.

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1785/10/12

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	Thomas Mace	[not stated]	[not stated]	NH:5-8:214	Lease

October 12, 1785: James Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland leases for £5 yearly rent to Thomas Mace, also of Dorchester County, all that lot or part of land whereon Edward Mills now lives and rented of the said James Mace on Fishing Creek, along with the liberty to cut firewood and timber for fencing and building or repairing the said lot. The term of the lease is seven years, starting January 1, 1786. Witnesses: Bartholomew Ennalls, James Bryan, and William Medes (Meddiss).

1785/10/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Kallendar	Nicholas Mace	[not stated]	[not stated]	NH:5-8:267	Assignment of Lease

October 15, 1785: Thomas Kallendar states: I hereby certify that I do assign all my right, title, claim and interest of in and to a lease, that is assigned to me by George Robinson, to Nicholas Mace ... during the said term and that Nicholas Mace shall have all the profits and advantages arising from the said lease. Witness: John Williams.

1785/10/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
George Robinson	Thomas Kallendar	[not stated]	[not stated]	NH:5-8:266	Deed of Lease

October 15, 1785: Be it remembered that the deed of lease from Nicholas Mace to George Robinson, already recorded in Liber NH No.2 folio 169, was again presented [today] with the following assignment thereon written: George Robinson, for and in consideration of £65 in specie to be paid before June 1, 1786 by Thomas Kallendar, hereby conveys all liberties to the said land, excepting that liberty to cut timber for building on the lot of land mentioned in the lease, for the term of years therein mentioned, Thomas Kallendar paying the yearly rent of 40/- to Nicholas Mace. Witnesses: Bartholomew Warren and John Warren.

1786/02/14

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	James Dail	Head Range	2	NH:5-8:287	Deed of Lease

February 14, 1786: James Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, leases for £50 [one-time payment - GL,III, ed.] to Jamed Dail, blacksmith of Dorchester county, all that part of a tract called Head Range lying at the head of Fishing Creek in Dorchester County, formerly in the possession of Robert Ewing and now in the possession of James Dail, that is enclosed within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the upper bridge, which is erected over Fishing Creek, and from thence running to the lower bridge across the said creek, then running with and bounded by the said creek according to several meanders and courses thereof by the two aforesaid bridges, and by the main road which runs between the said bridges, estimated to contain two acres. James Dail is to have free use of the land, including the liberty to cut timber for use on the land and to pasture one horse and one cow & calf, for the period ending December 1, 1796. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Edward Noel and Joseph Richardson.

1786/02/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	Thomas Colston	Head Range vs. White Haven	18	NH:5-8:304	Deed of Release

February 27, 1786: James Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, for the sum of £5 to him in hand paid acknowledges to Thomas Colsten (Colston), carpenter of Dorchester County, regarding disputes over the courses and bounds of James Mace's tract called Head Range, lying in Dorchester County on Fishing Creek, that the home course of Head Range formerly and anciently did run on the same plave where a cedar post marked with twelve notches now stands, which cedar post was set down by the water side by Thomas Thompson and the aforesaid Thomas Colsten (Colston) as the beginning of eighteen acres of land, part of a tract called White Haven, which was lately conveyed by Thomas Thompson to Thomas Colsten, and which cedar post stands in the aforesaid home line of Head Range near the edge of the water and at the end of a line drawn South thirty eight degrees West twenty five perches and about four feet from the East corner of a store house lately built by and belonging to Archibald Patison, and also at the end of a line drawn South thirty degrees West thirteen perches and five feet from the South West corner of the dwelling house lately built by the aforesaid Thomas Colsten wherein Col. Thomas Woolford now lives. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Thomas Jones.

1786/02/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Colston and wife Elizabeth Colston	Archibald Patison	Colstens First Purchase and Middle Ground (as one)	100	NH:5-8:312	Deed

February 28, 1786: Thomas Colsten (Colston), carpenter, and his wife Elizabeth of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sell for £112 10/- to Archibald Patison, merchant, also of Dorchester County, the tract called Colston's First Purchase, lying in Dorchester County as well as the tract called Middle Ground, also in Dorchester County, and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a bounded white gum standing on the East side of the main road that runs from Fishing Creek to Blackwater Bridge, it being the original boundary of the tract called Middle Ground, and from thence running South seventeen degrees West seventy perches, then North forty four degrees east one hundred and fifty perches, then South eighty two degrees East sixty perches, then North seventy degrees West ninety one perches, then North twenty degrees East twenty seven perches, then West nine perches, then South twenty degrees West two hundred and ten perches, thence by a straight line to the beginning, containing one hundred acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Thomas Jones.

1786/02/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Thompson and wife Priscilla Thompson	Thomas Colston	White Haven (a.k.a. Old White Haven) and Addition to White Haven	18 & 1.0	NH:5-8:309	Deed

February 28, 1786: Thomas Thompson, planter, and his wife Priscilla of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, sell for £5 to Thomas Colsten (Colston), carpenter, also of Dorchester County: (1) 18 acres of the parcels called White Haven (a.k.a. Old White Haven) and Addition to White Haven, lying on the North side of Fishing Creek in Dorchester County, which are both contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a cedar post marked with twelve notches standing on the East side of Fishing Creek and near the edge of the water and in the home line of a tract called Head Range, it being the same cedar post mentioned and described in a deed from James Mace to the aforesaid Thomas Colsten bearing the date of May 14, 1784, and from the aforesaid cedar post running North four degrees West eighteen perches, then East North East twenty four perches, then South East five perches, then East North East one hundred and seven perches, then North seven degrees East eighty six perches, then South eighty degrees East nine perches until it intersects the land of James Mace called Tynian (Tinian), then binding with that land South seven degrees West seventy three perches, then South thirty seven degrees East seventeen perches, then South South East seventy six perches, then West South West six perches to the land called Head Range, then with Head Range North North West seventy five perches, then still binding with Head Range to the aforesaid beginning, containing eighteen acres; and (2) Also, a 1.0 acre portion of the same tracts which are included within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the same before-mentioned cedar post, and running thence West South West one perch, then North sixteen degrees West twenty five perches, then North sixty five degrees East fifteen perches, then South thirty one degrees East ten perches, then West South West nine perches, then with a straight line to the aforesaid beginning, containing one acre. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Thomas Jones.

1786/02/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Thompson and wife Priscilla Thompson	Archibald Patison	White Haven	3.25	NH:5-8:306	Deed

February 28, 1786: Thomas Thompson and his wife Priscilla of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sell for £9 15/- to Archibald Patison, also of Dorchester County, 3-1/4 acres of that part of a tract called White Haven, lying on the East side of Fishing Creek in Dorchester County and contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the end of the third course of the first parcel mentioned to be conveyed in a deed from the aforesaid Thomas Thompson and wife to Thomas Colsten (Colston), the said third course being the South East five perches course, bearing equal date with this present deed, and from thence running North West with the said third course reversed five perches and ten feet, then East North East one hundred and twelve perches and until it intersects the fifth course (being North seven degrees East eighty six perches) of the said parcel as as conveyed to aforesaid Thomas Thompson and wife to Thomas Colsten, then South seven degrees West six perches with the aforesaid fifth course reversed to the end thereof, then binding with the East North East line of the aforesaid parcel conveyed by Thomas Thompson and wife to Thomas Colsten reversed to the aforesaid beginning, containing three and a quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Benjamin Keene and Thomas Jones.

1786/05/03

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	Thomas Mace	Head Range	[not stated]	NH:5-8:411	Deed of Lease

May 3, 1786: James Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, leases for £5 yearly to Thomas Mace, also planter of Dorchester County, the same parcel called Head Range previously leased, and on which Edward Mills now lives, lying on Fishing Creek; the previous contract is hereby cancelled as James Mace is indebted to Thomas Mace to the extent of £60 pounds; and the present lease now enables James to reduce his debt at the same rate as the [phantom] £5 yearly rate, extended yearly as long as it takes to clear said debt. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and James Shaw.

1786/06/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
John Mace		Head Range	[not stated]	NH:5-8:428	Commission

June 13, 1786: John Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland petitions the Justices of Dorchester County to set up a commission to reestablish the boundaries of his tract called Head Range, lying in Dorchester County. The commissioners are John Bromwell, Moses LeCompte, Richard Patison, Stenens Woolford, all gentlemen of Dorchester County. John Dickinson, gentleman, is Presiding Judge of Dorchester County Court; N. Hammond is Dorchester County clerk. Moses LeCompte and Richard Patison were subsequently certified and sworn by Justice of the Peace Thomas Jones on Arpil 15, 1786. Depositions were taken: (1) Edmond Mace, age about fifty six, stated that about twenty years ago he saw Jonathan Partridge (Patridge) reverse the home course of Head Range down to the water side, and there he set his compass; and when he, the deponent, sighted through the compass along the home course, reversed, across the creek and it struck a cedar bush on the opposite shore, which place is the same or near the place he now shows the commissioners; and the deponent further saith that Jonathan Partridge was at the time of his running the reverse course of Head Range, a sworn surveyor; and the deponent further saith that about thirty three years ago he, the deponent, was requested by his uncle, John Mace, to lay off part of the aforesaid Head Range that he, the aforesaid John Mace, sold to James Busick that he began at the first bounder of Head Range and run in the reverse home course to the main road and then began to lay off the aforesaid part that was sold to Busick in the following manner: Ninety four perches on the said reversed home course from the main road, then down to the Indian Cove, then up the said cove to the main road, then with the road to the beginning, which part has been since recovered of James Busick by the heirs of the aforesaid John Mace; and further the deponent saith not on June 10, 1786. Witnesses; Moses LeCompte and Richard Pattison, Junior. (2) Thomas Mace, age about fifty two, states that about thirty five or six years ago he, the deponent, was sitting on the post that now standing where the deponent now stands; and the deponent saith that it was settled by four freeholders by the consent of all concerned parties, being James Busick, Absalom Thompson, Thomas Mace, & John Mace; and further the deponent saith that the same post now standing where the deponent stands his uncle John Mace and Absalom Thompson showed him the same place and told him it was the first bounder of Head Range; and since that about five or six years ago he, the deponent, heard James Busick acknowledge the same post to be the first bounder of Head Range; and the deponent further saith that when the aforesaid post was put down, he saw the roots of the tree dug up; and this deponent further saith that about twenty years ago he, the deponent, saw Jonathan Partridge run the home course, reversed down to the water and then set up his compass and sighted across the creek the same course, and it struck a bush, which place he now shows to the commissioners; and the deponent further saith that about the same time Absalom Thompson showed the deponent the place where the line ran between him, the said Thompson, and the deponent's father Thomas Mace, which place is the same he now shows to the commissioners, but he does not recollect that he heard Thompson say what land that was a line of; and the deponent further saith that the aforesaid Jonathan Partridge was at the time of his running the reverse course of the Head Range, a sworn surveyor; and the deponent further saith that about forty years ago he saw William Grantham sight the home course of Head Range reversed from the first bounder and it struck about four feet to the North of a pine on the East side of the creek, which place he now shows to the commissioners; and further, the deponent saith not on June 10, 1786. Witnesses: Moses LeCompte and Richard Pattison, Junior. The commissioners, after due deliberations, then stuck down a barrel stave so as to stand at the distance of ten feet from a cedar bush standing on the East side of Church Creek and about forty feet to the Southward of a large pine standing near the water's edge and a little to the Eastward of the house where Col. Thomas Woolford now lives; and to commemorate the place where the bush stood as mentioned in Thomas Mace's deposition to be in the home line of Head Range, the commissioners have caused a barrel stave to be stuck down, which stave stands five feet to the Northward of the place shown by Edmund (Edmond) Mace as aforesaid; so stated on June 10, 1786.

[Signed] Moses LeCompte
Richard Pattison, Junior.  

1786/07/17

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	Nicholas Mace	Cornwell, Head Range & Outlett	66.5	NH:9:3	Deed

July 17, 1786: Nicholas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, buys for £10 from James Mace, also planter of Dorchester County, 66-1/2 acres from parts of three land parcels: Part of Cornwell, part of Head Range, and part of Outlett, all lying together in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked white oak standing on the South side of a gut called Indian Gut, it being a division formerly between Thomas Mace and John Mace, deceased, then running South South East one hundred and eight perches to the East North East line of Cornwell, then with the said line East North East twenty four perches, then South South West sixty two perches, then North seventy five degrees East fifty seven perches, then North North East forty perches, then North twenty two degrees West one hundred and thirty one perches, then North seventy degrees East twenty perches with the main road to the creek, then binding with the saud creek North thirty degrees West forty perches, then binding with the creek and Indian Gut to the first beginning, containing sixty six and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Benjamin Keene.

1786/07/24

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	Thomas Colsten	Slave, Step	[none]	NH:9:13	Bill of Sale

July 24, 1786: James Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £10 to Thomas Colsten, carpenter, also of Dorchester County, the slave named Step. Witnesses: Thomas Mace, William Medes, and Justice of the Peace Thomas Jones.

1786/08/28

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Mace	Thomas Colston	Head Range	[not stated]	NH:9:36	Deed

August 28, 1786: Thomas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, assigns for £60 to Thomas Colston (Colsten), also planter of Dorchester County, land which Thomas Mace had leased from James Mace and on which Edward Mills resided as tenant farmer on Fishing Creek, paying rent of £5 per year, and which Thomas Mace is now conveying to Thomas Colston, that is, the right to lease the land and to collect the aforesaid rent. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Dickinson and Thomas Jones.

1787/01/01

1787: Addition to White Haven, 185 1/2 Acres Thomas Thompson Patent Record IC C, p.109

1787/01/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace and wife Isabella Mace	Thomas Lockerman	Cornwell and Head Range	[not stated]	NH:9:153	Deed

January 15, 1787: James Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £135 to Thomas Lockerman, gentleman, also of Dorchester County, all the parts of the tracts called Cornwell and Head Range as well as all his other lands and premises on which Thomas Mace, father to James Mace, lately dwelt and which lie near Fishing Creek in Dorchester County to the Northward, Eastward, Southward and Westward of the several lines, bounds and courses mention in the deed of sale dated September 15, 1784, for the use of his son, Nicholas Mace, the younger.  Witnesses: Thomas Jones and R. Griffith.

1787/02/06

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Nicholas Mace and wife Alefair (Alesair) Mace	Thomas Lockerman	Cornwell, Head Range and Outlett	66.5	NH:9:201	Deed

February 6, 1787: Nicholas Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £133 to Thomas Lockerman, also of Dorchester County, 66-1/2 acres of the tracts called Cornwell, Head Range and Outlett, all lying together in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked white oak standing on the South side of a gut called Indian Gut, it being a division formerly between Thomas Mace and John Mace, deceased, then running South South East one hundred and eight perches to the East North East line of Cornwell, then with the said line East North East twenty four perches, then South South West sixty two perches, then North seventy five degrees East fifty seven perches, then North North East forty perches, then North twenty two degrees West one hundred and thirty one perches, then North seventy degrees East twenty perches with the main road to the creek, then binding with the creek and Indian Gut to the first beginning, containing sixty six and a half acres. Witnesses: Joseph Daffin and R. Stevens. 

1787/04/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

April 16, 1787: Addition To White Haven, Thomas Thompson, 185 1/2 Acres.

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1787/09/06

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	Nicholas Mace	slave, Phillis	[none]	NH:9:349	Bill of Sale

September 6, 1787: James Mace of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £15 to Nicholas Mace, also of Dorchester County, the slave Philes (Phillis). Witness: Justice of the Peace John Smoot.

1787/09/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace	William Meddice (Medis)	slave, Jin	[none]	NH:9:349	Bill of Sale

September 7, 1787: James Mace of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £28 to William Meddice (Medes) his slave girl Jin. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Edward Wright.

1790/03/11

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Claridge	William Mace and wife Mary Mace	Goods and chattels	[none]	HD:2:549	Bill of Sale

March 11, 1790: William Mace and his wife Mary of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland buy £18 6/- for from William Claridge, planter of Dorchester County, two gray mares, one black colt, one cow & calf, two heifers, four head of sheep, one cupboard, two beds & furniture, one loom, six pewter plates, three pewter dishes, and two sows with pig. Witnesses: Justice of the Peace Thomas Jones; and Edmund Mace, and Thomas Mace.

1791/12/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Mace	Edmond Mace	Cornwell	9.75	HD:3:374	Deed

December 13, 1791: William Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £20 to Edmond Mace, also planter of Dorchester County, all that 9-3/4 acre parcel called Cornwell lying in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for the out bounds at the end of a line drawn South fifty perches from a bounder red oak standing at the end of a division between old Edmond Mace and Thomas Mace his brother, and from thence running East eighty three perches, then South eighteen degrees East twenty perches, then West eighty nine perches, then by a [straight] line to the first beginning, containing nine and three quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Solomon Birckhead.

1791/12/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Colston	William Mace	Addition to Green Bank	9.75	HD:3:371	Deed

December 13, 1791: Thomas Colston (Colsten), carpernter of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland sells for £20 to William Mace, planter, also of Dorchester County, 9-3/4 acres of the tract called Addition to Green Bank lying in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for the out bounds at the end of the thirty fourth courses of the tract called Mace's Back Range where stands a bounded sassafras post, and from thence running South twenty degrees East thirty perches, then South East twenty perches, then South five degrees East forty perches, then North eighty three degrees West twelve perches, then north five degrees West sixteen perches, then North West twenty perches, then North twenty degrees West thirty perches, then North forty degrees West thirteen perches, then by a [straight] line to the first beginning, containing nine and three quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and Solomon Birckhead.

1791/12/13

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Edmond Mace	Thomas Colston	Maces Back Range	9	HD:3:369	Deed

December 13, 1791: Edmond Mace, son of Edmond Mace of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, sells for £20 to Thomas Colsten (Colston), carpenter, also of Dorchester County, all that 9 acre parcel called Mace's Back Range lying in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for the out bounds at the end of the thirty fourth courses of a tract of land called Mace's Back Range on which stands a bounder sassafras post, and from thence running North forty [degrees] West eighty perches, then North North West sixteen perches, then East by South forty four perches, then by a [straight] line to the first beginning, containing nine acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Solomon Birckhead and Thomas Jones.

1792/12/03

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

December 3, 1792: Griffiths Last Adventure John Griffith, 700 3/4 Acres - Patented Certificates 1291 and Patent Record IC H, p.193

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1793/11/09

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Colsten (Colston)	John Mace	Tootells Venture (Lot No.6)	5.75	HD:6:178	Deed

November 9, 1793: Thomas Colsten (Colston) of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, trustee to the insolvent Thomas Kallendar, sells for £21 12/- 8p to John Mace, planter, also of Dorchester County, the 5-3/4 acre tract called Tootell's Venture (Lot No.6) contained in the following metes and bounds: Beginning at the end of the fifteenth course, and from thence running South South West one hundred and ninety seven perches, then West and by North four and a half perches, then North North East one hundred and eighty six perches, then by a [straight] line to the first beginning, containing five and three quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and John Stevens.

1795/12/21

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Henry Ennalls and wife Sarah Ennalls	Nicholas Mace	[not named]	3.75	HD:9:43	Deed

December 21, 1795: Henry Ennalls of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for £28 2/- 6p to Nicholas Mace, also of Dorchester County, a 3-3/4 acre tract of land laid out by William Barrows: Beginning at a bounded post standing where the road forks that leads from Cambridge to New Market and from Cambridge to Transquacken, and running thence South forty four and a half degrees East ten perches, then South forty six degrees East twenty eight perches, then South thirty six degrees East ten perches, then South forty six degrees East two perches, then North ten perches, then North twenty degrees East fifteen perches, then North forty two degrees East sixteen perches, then South sixty nine degrees West eleven perches, then South eighty three degrees West nine perches, then North eighty six degrees West nineteen perches, then by a straight line to the first beginning, containing three and three quarter acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Henry Lakes and Sevin Woolford.

1796/01/01

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

1796: Sweet Prospect - 413 acres Thomas Colston - Patent Record IC L, p.108

1796/05/02

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
William Mace	John Mace	Dess, Maces Back Range, and Cornwell	[not stated]	HD:9:314	Deed

May 2, 1796: William Mace, planter of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, sells for £100 in gold or silver to John Mace, also planter of Dorchester County, as one tract, formed of the tracts Dess, Mace's Back Range, and Cornwell, that lies in Dorchester County upon the Hodson's Branch that issues out of the Blackwater River, and to the Southward of a division line between William Mace and his brother Edmund (Edmond) Mace given to him by his father in his Will, all contiguous and adjoining each other. The sale is contingent upon the actual payment of the £100 in gold or silver by April 1, 1800. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Williams and Thomas Jones.

1797/08/07

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Lowden Mace and wife Elizabeth Mace	Wingate Mace	[not stated]	[not stated]	HD:12:261	Deed

August 7, 1797: Lowden (Louden) Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for £400 to Wingate (Wingett) Mace, also of Dorchester County, all those lands deeded to him by his father Nicholas Mace, in a deed dated September 15, 1784, said land lying in Dorchester County to the Northward, Southward, Eastward, and Westward of the several lines and courses, whereon the said Nicholas Mace formerly lived. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and John Williams.

1798/03/08

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Benjamin Busick	William Meddis (Medes) & William Mace	Goods and chattels	[none]	HD:12:560	Bill of Sale

March 8, 1798: Benjamin Busick of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for £100 to William Meddis (Medes) and William Mace, both also of Dorchester County, one yoke of oxen, one cart, two cows, two yearlings, one mare, twelve hogs, two beds and furniture, two chests, eight chairs, one loom, one linen wheel, three iron pots, one tea kettle, one frying pan, two tables, one crosscut saw, five axes, two chains, one milk house with crockery ware & pewter, all and singular which said premises are now remaining standing and being in a certain messuage or tenement situate in Dorchester County and now in the possession of Benjamin Busick. Witnesses: Thomas Mace, Junior, Priscilla Gradd and Richard Pattison.

1798/03/31

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
James Mace		Head Range	[not stated]	HD:14:1	Commission

March 31, 1798: James Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland petitions to have the boundaries of his land called Head Range reestablished by a commission, subsequently chosen from among Thomas Jones, Ezekiel Vickars, William Vickars, and Roger Woolford. Ultimately, Ezekiel Vickars and William Vickars were suitably sworn; and then Col. Thomas Jones and Roger Woolfdord were also sworn. Several depositions were then taken: (1) Edmond Mace, age about fifty five, stated that about twenty years ago he was with Jonathan Patridge at the beginning bounds of Head Range, and there Jonathan reversed the home course of Head Range and came down to the water side on the said course and then set his compass as he expected on the same course and asked Edmond, the deponent, to look through it, and it pointed to a cedar near where the deponent now stands; and further the deponent states that formerly there used to be disputes about the division between Abraham Thompson and Thomas Mace, and that the division fence was often moved on the aforesaid Thomas Mace, but that he, the deponent, did not know that ever these movings of the division fence was on the line properly run; and further the deponent saith not on November 30, 1784. (2) Thomas Mace, age about fifty one, stated that about thirty five or six years ago where he, the deponent, now stands, it was settled by four freeholders by the consent of all concerned parties, that is, James Busick, Absalom Thompson, Thomas Mace and John Pace; and that further the deponent states that his uncle, John Mace, and Absalom Thompson showed him the same place and told him it was the boundary of Head Range, and since about fifty five or six years ago he, the deponent heard James Busick acknowledge the same post to be the first boundary of Head Range; and the deponent further saith that when the aforesaid post was put down, he saw the roots of the true disch [?] up; and further the deponent saith not. (3) Solomon Busick, age about fifty three, stated that about forty years ago he saw Major Henry Ennalles run from John Mace's boundary which he understood since was the first boundary of Head Range and run from the said boundary as he understood with Mr. Mace's line to the place where the deponent now showeth, being about eight feet from the place shown to the Northward of two persimmon trees which was generally allowed to stand on Mr. Mace's land; and further the deponent saith that some time before Major Ennalles run the before mentioned land he saw Mr. Grantham run at the insistence and request of his father and Mr. Mace the division line between them and the course was of there running of the line was that Mr. Mace contended the division fence stood on him but when they run the line they found the division fence stood on his father's land; and further the deponent saith that the line Mr. Grantham run very near agreed with Mr. Ennalles's running; and further the deponent saith that Mr. Mace before mentioned was John Mace, the owner of that part of Head Range; and further the deponent saith that he heard Joshua Busick say he saw Edmond Mace sight across the creek the division lines between his father in law and brother that Joshua Busick said he split the difference; and further the deponent saith that he understood that the division fence now standing is the half way where formerly the division line stood and where the line before mentioned runs, and that when he understood the splitting the difference; and further the deponent saith that his brother Joshua Busick told him the line that Mr. Patrisdge run went under the boughs of the holly  and the line as he meant was the line of Mr. Thomson's resurvey; and further the deponent saith not on December 11, 1784. (4) Philemon Brannok, age twenty eight, stated that he was born and always resided in this neighborhood and that he remembers when a fence run near a persimmon tree mentioned in the deposition of Edmond Mace, but whether the said fence was a division fence between Mace & Thompson, this deponent cannot undertake to say, nor does he remember to have heard it called & when the fence run by the tree before mentioned he believes Mace tended the lands on the East side of the said fence and he himself has seen the said lands on the east side of the fence tended in corn by old Nicholas Mace, and old Mr. Thompson himself and afterward his tenant Joshua Busick used to tend on the West side of said fence. Old Mr. Thompson got Edmond Mace to run his lands round and it came down as the fence now stands, and it was run with a wooden chain & staked out from the woods to the creek and after this running he believes the fence was moved after and placed upon the line as staked out, and this was done by the aforesaid Nicholas mace and Joshua Busick; he does not know that this was a division fence, but it was said old Mr. Thompson's line came down to the place that was stalked out. This deponent was present when the line was run. After the fence was moved Mace tended the lands on the East side of the fence and Busick those on the West side of said fence. He cannot tell how long ago this was, but he might be then twenty years old or less, and after they had run the said Thompson's land as he hath before mentioned they went round the head of the creek and sighted from a post down to the opposite side of the creek. This deponent did not go with them but remained on the North side of the creek and the line so sighted run equal with the line on this the North side of the creek. When Edmond Mace run the lands before mentioned he did it at the request of Thompson. He believes the line run exactly as the fence now stands. He saw the fence moved, and it was sit as the stakes now stuck, at least that part which he saw moved, which was fifteen panels next to the woods, but he does not know that the whole of the fence was sit as the stakes were stuck, the line, as they then run it, runs over the road on the swamp side.  And this deponent further saith not on April 30, 1785. (5) Jemima Busick, age about forty years, stated that she formerly lived on Absalom Thompson's lands ten years and has been removed from said lands between seven and eight years. She thinks that some time between a year or eighteen months after her late husband Joshua Busick came to live on the lands of the late Mr. Thompson her husband [illegible] that Mace had some part of White Haven which he had leased from Thompson in his Mace's possession insisted that Thompson should have his lands run, and Thompson & Mace applied to Edmond Mace who was brother to NicholasMace and son in law to Thompson to get him to run his lands. Her husband often said to her that Edmond Mace did not do Thompson justice for that he did not give him his right, for he had divided the spoil between them he had given about half to one and half to the other; on hearing him say so often, she asked him if Thompson had his right how far he would run in upon Mace, he answered he would take all that point and run very near Nicholas Mace's peach orchards and near or under two persimmon trees which the deponent now shows as those she understood to be meant by her husband and would come very near or would strike Nicholas Mace's kitchen and that the line would then run between Nicholas Mace's gate and where the fence now stands.  He also said he wished the two old men Maces and Thompson would have it settled in their time, for that after they were gone it would occasion a lawsuit or a war. She has often understood that the division fence formerly stood near the persimmon tree mentioned in Edmond Mace's deposition, and she thinks the fence as it now stands appears to be moved further in upon Thompson's lands than it stood when she lived here, and it appears to her to be nearer the persimmon tree, but she does expect it may conceit on her. That the conversations she mentions to have had with her husband was at their own house, and he described to her how Thompson's line ought to run, but he never showed her the place or any of the places to which it should run, nor were they in sight of them at any time when the conversations happened.  She thinks she so well acquainted with the lands, having lived on the creek for several years and on Thompson's lands a year or a year and a half that she could not have mistaken her husband in the place he described to her, and she knew of no other persimmon trees near the peach orchard than those she has shown. Her husband was bred and born and had always lived in this neighborhood on the place where James Busick now lives. Her husband had never in any of these conversations told her how he knew that Thompson's lands run as he described. [And she] does not know that her husband ever saw Thompson's land run, except when run by Edmond Mace. After the fence was moved on the running of the lands by Edmond Mace [she] thinks her husband assisted in putting up the division fence. She had heard her husband say that he kept up on half that division fence. Her husband after that, as far as she knows, never tended or used any of the lands on Mace's side of the fence while she lived on Thompson's lands. Her husband came in one day after Edmond Mace had made the division between Nicholas Mace and Thompson and said that Nicholas Mace had cut down or had ordered someone to cut down a holly tree in which he had done very wrong, for it was as good as a boundary to Thompson's lands. It appears to her the holly tree stood about as far to the eastward of the present division fence as the persimmon tree mentioned by Edmond Mace stands to the Westward of the said fence.  [She] does not remember of any other holly tree; it was a large spreading topped tree. [She] understood by her husband that Thompson's lines [were] near that holly tree and that she understood him was what he meant when he said it was as good as a boundary. This deponent being requested to go out and endeavor to show the place having taken a view of the grounds saith that when she formerly knew the place it was sometimes tended in corn and sometimes uncultivated, and being now sown in wheat she cannot show the place where the said tree stood. And this deponent further saith not on April 3, 1785. (6) Edmond Mace, age about fifty five, stated that twenty years ago he was present when Jonathan Patridge sighted the home course of Head Range from the post to the water; and he, the deponent, has also sighted it himself. [He] knows where the division fence between Absalom Thompson and Nicholas Mace formerly stood; and further he saith that the said fence formerly stood forty three strides further to the Westward than it does now. The deponent has this day measured the distance by striding it out. [He] does not know of [how] the said fence came to set where it was or that it was on the line of Head Range. At the same time when Absalom Thompson was about to make the resurvey called Addition to White Haven, this deponent understood that his father Thomas Mace, who held the part of Head Range now in dispute, and Edmond Brannock both had older warrants than Mr. Thompson and that his father, whose warrant was the eldest of them, told Edmond Brannock that unless he would let Thompson lay his warrant on some of the vacancy, he would lay his own warrant on it and Absalom Thompson in the presence of this deponent promised Nicholas Mace, the son of the aforesaid Thomas Mace, that he would let him have all the lands that lie between where the old division fence stood and where it now stands, but he understood from Nicholas Mace afterwards that Thompson would not let him have the lands which he had promised him.  Further, this deponent saith that when a boy he remembers that the division fence stood sixteen strides still further Northward and Westward; this was forty years or more ago.  After Thompson left White Haven, the division fence was moved and Jemima Busick lived on White Haven and has been informed by Joshua Busick that he helped to keep up the division fence as it now stands. [He] does not recollect to have ever heard Mr. Thompson say anything about this division fence as it now stands.  He believes the division fence as it was moved and stood the second way was kept up, and Absalom Thompson and Thomas Mace who used the lands on one side of the fence and Mr. Thompson used them on the other.  In cross examination this deponent saith that the time when the agreement was made between Thompson and Nicholas Mace as before mentioned, this deponent believes the place where the fence now stands was a part of the vacancy which Thompson was to let Nicholas Mace have. When Patridge made Thompson's survey, the cleared land was not staked out, nor was it staked out at all except where the line was near a tract called Timber Neck.  This deponent saith that when he spoke to his father and brothers tending the lands up to the division fence as aforesaid, he did not understand they tended it as being their lands or within their lines, and he believes that the lands were vacant up to the lines [illegible] White Haven. This deponent further saith that he believes the lands from the South West end of the division fence as it now stands up to the division fence as it formerly stood was vacant land, but [he] does not know whether it did or did not go nearer to the water than the persimmon tree, but [he] believes it might go a small matter nearer the creek. [He] believes the vacancy did not go nearer the creek than the old lines of the old tract called White Haven. [He] does not remember he ever saw White Have run until within these few years. He had twenty years ago frequently sighted the reverse line of Head Range at the request of his father and none of the sightings ever agreed with the present division fence; [he] believes they run to the Southward of the fence, buy he does not know what occasions him to do so. This deponent further saith that he was some time last Summer summoned as a witness to his brother Nicholas, to appear upon a land commission to declare whether he had ever seen the reversed home line of Head range run or sighted. [He] thinks the lines he has heard his brother say the lands before mentioned were vacant. Taken & sworn on April 8, 1785. (7) Edmond Brannock, age about forty four, saith that better than twenty years ago he accompanied Edmond Mace and Absalom Thompson; Edmond Mace had been running some vacant land adjoining to White Haven, and after they had done, Absalom Thompson asked Edmond Mace to plat down the division line between him, Absalom Thompson, and Nicholas Mace, but whether he did or not, this deponent does not know. At that time the division fence stood in further upon Absalom Thompson's land than it does now, but how much, he does not know.  Nor does he know [how] the division fence came to be moved or why it was moved, nor by whom. [He] thinks he has heard that the fence was a division fence between Nicholas Mace and Absalom Thompson and has heard it so talked in the neighborhood and also from Nicholas Mace, but not from Absalom Thompson; and as he recollects at the time when the fence [being] spoken of stood in upon Thompson's lands, he lived in White Haven, but at the time when it was moved further in to the Eastward & Southward, he, Thompson, had removed from White Have to Blackwater. [He] does not know that the fence stood where he mentions because the line of Head Range run there or not. When the division fence was moved as aforesaid, it was a good deal talked of in the neighborhood and to be hard upon Nicholas Mace, though this deponent does not know why it was moved, only by whom. The fence of which this deponent speaks was not moved until after the resurvey was made by Thompson, called Addition to White Haven. [He] has been intimately acquainted with these lands twenty or thirty years and has always understood that the fence was a division line between Nicholas Mace and Absalom Thompson; on being asked from whom he had heard this was a division fence as aforesaid, he saith he does not recollect any person from whom he heard it except from Nicholas Mace and his mother, but [he] verily believes he has heard it from others of the neighbors, but to name any particular person is not in his power.  Taken and sworn on April 8, 1785. (8) Thomas Fitchew, aged about sixty seven, saith that about forty four years ago he lived with Mr. John Mace, and this deponent remembers that during the time he lived with the aforesaid Mr. Mace that he was shown the division line between Mr. John Mace and James Busick, and  that the said line was told to him to be the division line extended across the Church Creek to a cedar that stood on the North side of the aforesaid creek, the place now shown, and further the deponent saith that to the best of his knowledge he had this information from Mr. James Mace who was the owner of the land adjoining to the aforesaid division line and on which he than lived; and further this deponent saith not on July 25, 1785. (9) Thomas Mace, age about fifty two, saith that about forty years ago he, the deponent, saw Wiliam Grantham sight the home course of Head Range and that the said line went near the place now shown; and further the deponent saith that about twenty odd years ago that Absolom Thompson showed him, the deponent, near where the deponent now shows, but he, the deponent, does not know what line it was, and further the deponent saith that about twenty years ago he saw Mr. Patridge run the home course of Head Range down to the water and then set his compass and sighted across the creek and told the deponent it struck a bush, which bush as well as he can recollect stood near the place he now shows, but he saith he is not positive. And further the deponent saith that a few months ago a former commission met on the above mentioned land; he, this deponent, declared on his oath that at that time he did not know that ever he saw the said land run at that time, but the deponent since that remembers that he saw Jonathan Patridge run it. On the question being asked, whether he now remembers whether his father and Jonathan in particular said it was the home course of Head Range he was sighting, answered that he does remember they said it was the home course, and further the deponent saith at the time that Mr. Patridge sighted the course across the creek that there was many bushes along the creek side beside the one mentioned. And further the deponent believes that the said bush might be standing about fifteen years ago there; and further the deponent saith not on August 1, 1785. (10) Edmond Mace, age about fifty five, saith that about twenty years ago he, this deponent, sighted the line of Head Range reversed, which struck a large pine at the place now shown; and further this deponent saith that about twenty years ago when his uncle John Mace sold part of Head Range to James Busick he, the deponent, laid off the part so sold to the said Busick and that he began to lay off the said part in the home line of Head Range but does not remember that he showed the place of beginning to Mr. Barrow, the surveyor, when he laid down the lands between Elizabeth Meddiss (Medes) and others and James Busick; and further this deponent believes the place where he began to lay off the new part of Head Range for the said Busick was in the true home line of the said Head Range. This deponent further saith that when Mr. Barrow ran the said line it did not agree with the line as he, this deponent, ran it, but [instead] ran to the right hand that he believes that when he came near to the water that he varied from the line as he ran it above one perch or perhaps better. And further, this deponent saith not on August 1, 1785.  The commission had met on November 30, 1784, and on several later occasions to take the above depositions and subsequently set the metes and bounds of Head Range as follows: We certify that the division fence bears from the fourth Eastmost corner of the new stone house North sixty three and a half degrees East nine perches, and from the aforesaid corner of the aforesaid stone house to where the holly tree stood is thus North seventy three and three quarter degrees East thirty eight perches, and from the aforesaid corner of the said stone house to the two persimmon trees is thus South sixty degrees east fifteen perches; the course and distance from the Eastmost corner of the aforesaid stone house to a stake put down at the North side of the peach orchard shown by Jemima Busick is thus South thirty four degrees East twelve perches. The course and distance from said corner of said stone house to the dwelling house is South forty nine degrees West thirteen and a half perches, and from thence to take the course and distance to the two persimmon trees standing over the creek the objects bears South sixty two degrees West then run of South three degrees West seventeen perches, then the trees bears South seventy five degrees West [illegible]. [signed] Thomas Jones, Ezekiel Vickars and Roger Woolford. Witnesses: Thomas Eccleston and William Ennalls; N. Hammond is Dorchester County clerk.

1798/10/22

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Job Greerwood	Thomas Mace	Goods and chattels	[none]	HD:14:299	Bill of Sale

October 22, 1798: Thomas Mace, Junior, of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland buys for £30 from Job Greerwood, also of Dorchester County, all the goods, household stuff, implements and furniture herein mentioned: Two beds and furniture, two iron pots, one dutch oven, six pewter plates, one pewter dish, eleven pewter spoons, two chests, one heifer, one hog, half a dozen wicker chairs, and one linen wheel. Witnesses: Samuel Ellworth, John Morain and Samuel W. Pitt.

1799/02/05

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

February 5, 1799: Two Brothers Perry Spencer and Richard Spencer, 771 1/4 Acres - Patented Certificates 3062 and 1797 Patent Record IC A, p.94

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1799/05/06

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Wingate Mace	Samuel Mace	[not stated]	[not stated]	HD:14:568	Deed

 May 6, 1799: Wingate (Wingett) Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for 10/- to his son, Samuel Mace, also of Dorchester County, all the tracts which were deeded to him by Loudon (Lowden) Mace of Dorchester County on April 22, 1797. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Williams and Thomas Jones.

1804/03/29

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Abraham Neild and wife Nancy Neild	Thomas Mace, Junior	White Haven	5.5	HD:21:87	Deed

March 29, 1804: Thomas Mace, Junior, of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland buys for £60 from Abraham Neild, also of Dorchester County, 5-1/2 acres of White Haven, which was purchased by the aforesaid Abraham Neild from John Webookes, and which lies in Dorchester County near the head of Church Creek and is contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked pine post being a bounder of one Porter or part of said land which post stands North thirty seven degrees East eleven and a half perches from the second bounder of the Methodist Meeting House lot and close on the North West side of the main road that leads from Church Creek to Cambridge, then running binding with said road North thirty and a quarter degrees East eighteen perches, then still with said road North twenty three degrees East seventeen and a quarter perches, then North seven degrees East twenty two and a quarter perches, then North eighty degrees West nine perches, then South seven degrees West nine perches, then South thirty six degrees West forty three and a half perches to a pine post, one of the aforesaid Porter's bounders, then with said Porter's land to the first beginning, containing five and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Richard Pattison and John Williams.

1805/04/15

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Edmond Mace and wife Betsey Mace	Thomas Jones	Walk, Tootells Venture, & Maces Back Range	[not stated]	HD:21:633	Deed

April 15, 1805: Edmund (Edmond) Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland sells for £45 to Thomas Jones, Junior, also of Dorchster County, several tracts of land lying in Dorchester County within the following metes and bounds: All that tract called the Walk lying on the West side of Hodsons Branch, beginning at the end of the eighth course of a tract called Mace's Purchase and running its courses according to the original patent, and also all that tract called Tootell's Venture that lies to the South of a line drawn East by South from the end of the seventh course of the aforesaid Mace's Purchase to the middle of Hodsons Branch, then down the middle of said branch until it intersects a line of said Tootell's Venture, and also all that part of Mace's Regulation or Mace's Back Range that lies to the South of a line drawn North seventy four degrees West from the end of the sixth course of the said mace's Purchase to a sassafras post standing in the line of the land called Outlett. The aforesaid expressions are meant to include all the land lying to the South of said land lines, containing thirty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and John Williams.

1805/04/16

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Colston	Edmond Mace	Priviledge	[not stated]	HD:21:635	Deed

April 16, 1805: Edmond Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland buys for $16.00 from Thomas Colsten (Colston), also of Dorchester County, all that portion of the tract called Priviledge which Thomas Colston has not sold to John Williams as reference to his deed will more fully and at large appear. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Thomas Jones and John Williams.

1807/03/27

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Joseph Martin & Thomas Colston	Nicholas Mace	Ennalls's Addition to Forrest of Friendship	11	HD:24:158	Deed

March 27, 1807: Nicholas Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland buys for £46 from Joseph Martin of Talbot County and Thomas Colsten (Colston) of Dorchester County 11 acres of the lands which Andrew Skinner Ennalls, late of the City of Baltimore, deceased, held in his possession and thereafter willed to be sold by his executors Leah Hicks Ennalls, Joseph Martin & Thomas Colston or the survivors of them. Leah Hicks Ennalls has since died, and so Joseph Martin & Thomas Colston are herewith selling to Nicholas Mace all of the tract called Ennalls's Addition to Forrest of Friendship [or Ennall's Forrest of Friendship ? - GL,III, ed.] that lie within the following metes and bounds: Beginning for the out bounds at the end of the South seventy six degrees West line of John Shenton's Lott and at a marked stone, and from the said stone running North seventy six degrees East one hundred and fifty eight perches, then North sixteen and a quarter degrees West eleven perches, then South seventy six and a half degrees West one hundred and fifty eight perches to the road, then with said road to the first place of beginning, containing eleven acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace Theodore Marshall and David Higgins.

1807/08/31

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Thomas Colston	Mary Smith, Margaret Smith Lydia Mace, Sarah Earle, Robert Smith & Harriett Smith	[not stated]	[not stated]	HD:24:346	Deed

August 31, 1807: Mary Smith, Margaret Smith Lydia Mace, Sarah Earle, Robert Smith & Harriett Smith, all of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland, buy for from Thomas Colsten (Colston), also of Dorchester County, lands which the said Thomas Colston had sold to Elijah Smith in his lifetime the lands herein mentioned and had received from Elijah Smith the conveyance price of £150 on February 27, 1804, and which Tomas Colston later conveyed to his heirs, apparently illegally.  The present indenture corrects the situation; the lands involved are contained within the following metes and bounds: Beginning at a marked cedar post that stands at the end of the East line of Keen's Outlett, and from thence running South eighty three degrees East one hundred and sixty six perches, thence South eight degrees East one hundred and twenty four perches, thence North eighty three degrees West until a line that bears South twenty degrees West from the first beginning, containing one hundred and fifty acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace John Williams and John Stevins.

1808/09/19

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Robert North Carman and wife Sarah Carman	Nicholas Mace	Ennalls Ferry, Tates Bank	72.5	HD:25:264	Deed

September 19, 1808: Nicholas Mace of Dorchester County in the State of Maryland buys for $722.00 from Robert North Carman of Baltimore County, and his wife Sarah, formerly Sarah Ennalls, the executrix of the Last Will and Testament, dated July 12,1791, of Henry Ennalls, late of Dorchester County, the lands which Henry Ennalls bequeathed to his wife Sarah Ennalls, including his dwelling Ennalls Ferry, granary house, and his plantation Tates Bank, and on the advice of his brother in law Richard Bassett and George Ward now being conveyed to Nicholas Mace is the 72-1/2 acre tract called Indian Lott, otherwise called Wear Neeri, the metes and bounds of which are: Beginning for the out bounds at a marked stone marked with the letters JC standing in a branch that leads into the shallow creek and at the edge and South side of Choptank road that leads to Cambridge, and from the said stone running as follows: South Seventy eight perches, then North eighty five degrees East one hundred and sixty six perches, then North fifty degrees east fifty nine perches to a bounded stone, then North seventy two degrees West ten perches, then North fifty six and a half degrees West twenty six perches, then North eighty five degrees West twenty four perches, then South sixty six degrees West thirty perches, then North eighty eight degrees West twenty four perches, then North seventy five degrees West sixty four perches, and then to the place of beginning, containing seventy two and a half acres. Witnesses: Justices of the Peace for Baltimore County Samuel Owings and Thomas Johnson. Certified by William Gibson, Baltimore County clerk.

1816/01/08

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
					Patent

January 8, 1816: Griffiths Attainment Edward Griffith, 610 1/2 Acres - Patented Certificates 1285.

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1818/03/26

Grantor	Grantee	Parcel	Acreage	Lib:No:Fol	Type
Commission	William Colston	Lots No's 1-5	298, 393, 23, 446 & 304	ER:5:72	Commission

March 26, 1818: William Colsten (Colston) by his attorney Jonah Bayly put forth a petition to Dorchester County Court to create a Commission to divide the several  tracts lying in Dorchester County that were amassed by Thomas Colsten in his lifetime and which have since descended to James Colsten, Thomas Colsten, Elizabeth Colsten, all of full age, and to Samuel Colsten, an infant under the age of twenty one, his only children and heirs at law. The Commission so formed includes: Richard M. Pattison, Thomas Jones, Samuel LeCompte, all gentlemen, who subsequently took an oath and eventually descided that the lands could be divided without loss to the heirs.  Samuel LeCompte was chosen to make the division: Lot No.1 is to begin at the end of the last course of Sweet Prospect and run with the home line thereof North by East forty perches, then North fifty seven degrees West across said land to the Creek, all that part of said land that lies on the South West side of the before mentioned line; also the North room on the lower West side of the old mansion house; the small room on the second floor of said house; one third part of the kitchen; one third part of all the out houses and gardens, the orchards lying near the outer gate, with full ingress and egress to the full enjoyment; for Lot No.2 we lay off for the widow as follows: the one half of a lot, being part of Addition to White Haven, distinguished by the yellow shading marked No.2 on the plat, being the North half, to be laid off in right angles with a privilege of passing and repassing to and from the County Road, including the back dwelling house and stable; also that part of the Honorable Division with the yellow shading marked on the large plat No.2 containing one hundred and ninety three acres with a privilege of cutting timber on said land to support the above mentioned Lot houses and [for] firewood; for Lot No.3 we lay off for said widow all those several parts of land being Lot No.3 which lie on the West side of the County Road [as referred by the annexed plat - hard to read - GL,III, ed.]; for Lot No.4 we lay off for the widow, beginning at a post and stone represented on the plat by blue letter A standing by Breenwood's gate and running Northerly with the County Road seventy perches, then across said land North seventy four degrees West to the branch all those several parts of Lot No.4 which lie to the Southward of said line down to Lot No.5, represented with blue shading, also the Northerly room on the lower floor where John Mace lives, being on said Lot No.4 with one-third privilege of all the out houses and likewise a privilege to and from the County Road and full enjoyment of the aforesaid privileges both as to ingress and regress; and lastly for Lot No.5 we lay off for the widow, beginning at a marked pine mentioned in a deed from John Murray to John Brurwood represented on the plat by red letter F and running South eighty six degrees West across said land to the branch, all the several parts of said Lot No.5 which lie to the Southward of said line, also the Northerly room on the lower floor where Joseph [Reades] lives, and the one third of the kitchen, and likewise one third of all the out houses with a privilege og going to and from the County Road and full enjoyment of the aforesaid apputenances, both as to ingress and regress.  We also then make partition and allotment of the said land fairly and equally in value between all the interested parties. Lot No.1 being all that parcel called Sweet Prospect, lying on Church Creek, the late residence of Thomas Colsten deceased, containing by patent two hundred and ninety eight acres, which we assign to James Colsten and his heirs forever; Lot No.2, all that parcel called White Haven, or Addition to White Haven, described and beginning at black W on the annexed plat and running with the yellow shaded lines round to the first beginning, as also distinguished by Lot No.2, containing one hundred and seven acres; also a Lott and several houses thereon on Church Creek, being a part of Addition to White Haven, known by the name of the white store according to its metes and bounds, distinguished also by Lot No.2 with the yellow shaded lines on the same plat hereunto annexed; also part of a tract called Brannock's Delight which was conveyed by Samuel Williams to the heirs of Thomas Colsten, containing fifty acres; also all that parcel called the Honorable Division, lying on Black Water River, beginning at the black letter S on the large plat hereunto surveyed and distinguished by the yellow shaded lines and Lot No.2, containing one hundred and ninety three acres; and all that tract called Colsten's Puzzle, distinguished on the large plat hereunto annexed, beginning at the red letter A and marked Lot No.2 with yellow shaded lines, containing forty three acres with a right or privilege of a cart way leading from said lot of forty three acres through the lots hereafter mentioned as Lots No.3 and Lot No.4 to the County Road so as to injure said lots as little as possible, containing in all the several parts together three hundred and ninety three acres, which we assign to Eliza Williams, formerly Eliza Colsten and her heirs forever; Lot No.3 being the several tracts which lie on the North side of the distinguished blue shaded lines on the large plat hereunto annexed, beginning for said lines as division of [illegible - probably "red"] MB and running to red letter C, then to red letter L and so on to red letter E [illegible] blue shaded lines, except eight and a half acres of land, Colsten's Puzzle," distinguished on the plat by 4 containing four acres [illegible] twenty three acres; and also a lot at the head of Church Creek, being a part of Addition to White Haven and called the upper lot, distinguished by the number 3 on the small plat hereunto annexed, all the aforesaid lands as distinguished by a No.3 on this small plat, all the land distinguished by the No.3 generally, we assign to Samuel Colsten and his heirs forever; Lot No.4 being all the several tracts which lie to the Northward of the following lines: beginning at blue letter A and running with the blue shaded line to blue letter MB, then to letter C as distinguished on the plat hereunto annexed included within the yellow shaded lines all those several parts that lie to the Northward and of the before mentioned lines up to Lot No.3, except the forty three acres as aforesaid assigned to Eliza, including a small part of said Colsten's Puzzle, being partly detached from the main body marked No.4, containing four hundred and thirty six acres; also eight and a half acres, being part of Colsten's Puzzle distinguished on the plat in a long slippe shaded with yellow marked No.4; and also all that unimproved lot lying on the head of Church Creek being part of Addition to White Haven, containing one and three quarter acres, distinguished on the small plat with yellow shaded lines marked No.4, all of the lands distinguished generally by a No.4 we assign to Thomas Colsten and his heirs forever; and Lot No.5 being all the several parcels which lie to the Southward of the last mentioned divisional lines of Lot No.4, shaded with blue and yellow on the annexed plat containing two hundred and seventy four acres as marked No.5, also all that part of a tract called Tastell's Venture heretofore conveyed by Catharine Colsten to Thomas Colsten, deceased, said to contain thirty acres, we assign to William Colsten and his heirs forever. [signed] Richard Mattison, Samuel LeCompte, and James [illegible]. See plats and certificates in the original commission. Recorded by Richardson, Dorchester County clerk.